A hit on a Grover Beach patrol vehicle’s license plate reader system alerted an officer about a stolen vehicle early Thursday morning and led to the arrest of two men on suspicion of vehicle theft and minor drug charges.

At about 1:40 a.m., the officer was alerted of the vehicle, reported stolen out of Los Angeles, by the in-car system in a parking lot in the 900 block of Mentone Avenue.

The officer contacted the two occupants of the 2014 Buick SUV, Joshua Adam Neiman of San Luis Obispo and Armando Joshua Lopez of Burbank, both 33 years old.

During questioning, officers discovered the men were in possession of methamphetamine, heroin, hash, marijuana and paraphernalia, police Chief John Peters said.

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